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iPhone 3G Connectivity Failure: Roundup
iPhone Atlas — ... into Beta version four and all new features have been removed it appears in favor of concentrating on developing a more stable version of the existing code base. Neither Apple nor AT&T is accepting responsibility for the problems with iPhone 3G reception. AT&T, however, claims that where 3G is available that their network is operating under normal conditions. Direct requests from iPhone Atlas to AT&T last week were not answered at press time. Apple of course is silent on the issue. Wired.com has put together a map for tracking iPhone 3G service throughout the world. They are ...

Survey says slow iPhone 3G speeds may be due to carriers
Macworld — Complaints about the iPhone 3G’s networking speeds—or, more appropriately, lack thereof —have been floating around ever since the phone’s release last month. We even did a little testing of our own ...

Gaming in Real Life
The Tao of Mac — ... with mostly the same mindset I pick up WIRED (i.e., to build my own mental picture of what the industry is like and where it’s heading), but I haven’t the time or the patience to, say, read ...

News: Rock band releases multi-album iPhone app for $3
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Seattle-based alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America have released The Presidents’ Music , a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app provides users with streaming access to four of the band’s albums, early “lost” recordings, extras and exclusives, and a direct connection to the band’s blog. Songs include the 1995 hits “Kitty,” “Lump,” and “Peaches,” taken from the band’s Grammy-nominated self-titled debut album. The Presidents’ Music is available now from the App Store and sells for $3. [via Wired ]

New Apple Web Ad: “PC. Easy as 1-23”
The Mac Observer — ... on April 27th, 2009 at 5:48 PM Apple is running a new I'm a Mac ad on the Internet called "Easy as 1-23." The ad is current featured at Wired.com , including video and interactive features that are incorporated into the site's home page (note the fake interest-rate ad that PC covers over). In the ad, PC is showing a banner that says, "PC. Easy as 1-23," which Mac assumes means easy as, 1, 2, 3, but PC explains that are actually 23 easy steps that are needed. PC. Easy as 1-23 9to5Mac.com ...

Biometric-Type iPhone App Might Just Get You A Date. Or Slapped.
Cult of Mac — Biometric-Type iPhone App Might Just Get You A Date. Or Slapped. 11:30 am, November 17th, 2009, Eli Milchman fit or fugly I’ve often suspected the staff at Cult of Mac of being significantly more attractive than bloggers at sites that don’t care how attractive their bloggers are . And now I can prove it. Eighteen-year-old English entrepreneur Ed Nash has come up with a 99-cent iPhone app that claims to use Fibonacci’s golden ratio to scientifically determine whether or not a face is aesthetically pleasing. Just snap a photo of the hapless ...

Rumor: Apple Tablet gets $2,000 OLED model, delayed till late 2010
Obsessable News Feed — ... Apple has decided to make a high-end, 9.7-inch, OLED-display-equipped version of the device that will retail for a whopping $2,000. The OLED version wouldn't replace the 10.6-inch LCD model, which would still cost somewhere between $800 and $1,000. DigiTimes' sources weren't named and this is only one of many Apple tablet rumors so don't jump to any conclusions. In related news, magazine publisher Condé Nast (best known in the tech community for Wired magazine) has officially announced that it will support the Apple tablet by delivering ...